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UNITED STAT ELTENT onnron.

ROSS TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N ASSIGNOR TO AUTOMATIC VENTILATORcOMPANY}o NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDOW-VENTILATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 24, 1907. Serial No. 389,977.

Patented April 191a. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Ventilators and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and'exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ventilating devices for windows and more particularly for windows of sleeping and other railroad cars.

It has for its object to provide a portable and adjustable device by means of which a current of fresh air may under control be admitted to a room or car, and vitiated air ejected therefrom and consists of a panel adapted to be secured in place between the sill of a window and the lower rail of the sash, and provided with means for collecting and controlling an outside current of air and also ejecting interior vitiatedair, and also in the details of construction all as. will be hereinafter explained.

In order that those skilled 1 the art .to which my invention appertains may know how to make the same, and that others may fully appreciate how to use and appreciate its advantages, I will proceed to describe its construction and the manner in which it may be applied to windows, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the out side of one of my improved panel ventilators in position within. the window of a sleeping car. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the inside of'the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line ab of Fig. 1'. Fig.

4 is a horizontal section showing the device folded into compact form for ready trans-' portation in an ordinary traveling bag or dress suit case. Fig. 5. is a vertical longitudinal section showing the manner in which the device may be adjusted to windows of varying width, and Fig. 6 is a crbss-section taken on the line cd of Fig. 1. 5() Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawing which represents the panel and its air controlling devices composedof sheet metal although as will be later explained I do not surfaces of the sash and sill, and the outside any other suitable wish to be confined to the use of any special-:: material. 1 1 1, 1, represents a panelma'de of two he tions hinged together at2, in such means that the inner end of; a flat metal deflector 3 may be confined and held between the ad cent ends of the sections 1,: 1, whefithey are locked or held inlongitudinalalineine Each section is provided with an ainopenin at a suitable distance from the locality of are outside deflector3, which opening is prefer-$26 5 ably covered on the outside with wire'gauz'e 4. Within the openings louversl5 are at ranged, and 6 are pivoted and adjustabl'e controllers by means of whieh'the currentsofi incoming and outgoing air can be regulated. 7-"0 or entirely cut off. When the device is made of sheet metal as shown, the ends of the interior controllers'fi, are pivoted at their lower extremity andmove in frictional contact with vertical: stiffening braces 7, and between them and louver frame 7*.

The adjacent hinged ends of the sectionsjl', 1, as well as the inner end of the outside deflector plate 3, are perforated to omit the passage of wire locking bolt 8, w ich is. Fovable within keepers 9, as clearly seen at 1g. 2. Y 10, is a section longitudinally adjustable upon one of the main sections 1; ofth'e panel in order that it may be-readily adapted to' windows of varying width.

The upper and lower edges of the panel as a whole are inclined to coincide with the deflector plate is likewise beveled for a; mi lar purpose as clearly shown at Fig. I have shown section 10,-rendered 'ongfi} tudinally adjustable upon one of the aii'i sections '1, by means. of verticahpin 11 passing through longitudinal slots in the upper and lower edges of the section if; but means for thispurpose may be employed. I I r Y From the construction. shown and X scribed it will be readily seen that my im proved ventilating device is ada ted for'use n any windowand that the outside deflector 3, will arrest a current of air from either direction and deflect it into the adjacent opening inthe panel and that such current is readily controlled by the inside controller 6, and that the'other'similar controller may .be.

adjusted so that the inside vitiated air is permitted to escape, which escape is facilitated by the vacuum existing at the rear of the outside deflector 3; this is more particu-' larly the case when the device is used upon a railroad car for which it' is more es ecially desi ed, and it will also be seen t at the outside deflector late 3, arrests cinders or smoke which as is well understood in car ventilation ofthe type involved, isfree to descend by gravity and ascendrespectively,

and thus prevented from entering the openin in the panel.

- 1 ileI have designed my improved ven tilatin .device with the view pf providing an indlvl ual traveler with means for securing comfort in a day or sleeping coach, andfhave es ecially shown and described meanspy the interior of an apartment and permitting the escape of interior vitiated air. while at the same time providing means for controlling the ingoing and outgoing currents, or completely shuttin them olf.

It wil be readily seen that whenthedevices are adapted for domestic habitations the dimensions may be such as to not onl constitute meanafor arrestin .and contro ling natural air currents but ahso to subserve the purposes of ordiriary window screens. will also be readily understood that my improved ventilating device when designed as an ordinary equipment for railroad cars may be so proportioned-and constructed as to fit the wlndows thereof, in which case the ex tensible end section may be dispensed with. I amaware that, it is not new in rinciple to control the ingoing currents of resh air and the outgoing currents of vitiated air by meansof an outside deflector located-be tween two openings provided with interior controllers,for this generic idea constitutes the subject matter of Letters Patent No. 793,403, granted to me the 27th day of June, 1905, this generic principle however involves permanent and fixed position of the ventilatmg devices with reference to'theapartment 'to'be ventilated, and I. am not aware that the been embodied principle referred tb has ever in a portable panel adapted to be removabl secured in position between the sash and si 1 of a window or of such construction that it may constitute a traveling companion adaptinged to the outer corner of "the a end of one of the panel 'tion connected wit I 7 ed fer use where no similar means is provided by the railroad company.

The u per edge of the panel is preferably. equippe with a strip of felting or rubber to constitute a dust-proof joint between the same and the sash.

. Having described the construction and advantages of myim roved ventilator What I claim as new, and esire to secure by Letters Patent isj 1. A panel ventilator adapted for location between the sill of a window and the lower rail of the sash, provided with an outwardly --extending-deflector plate located at the center thereof, and an opening each side of the deflector plate-equip ed with louvers, and having inside adjusta le shieldsfor directing and controllingincoming and outgoing air currents, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. I

2. A panel ventilator for windows consisting of twosections each provided with an opening for the passage of air provided with lo'uve'rs and inside ad ustable shields for directing and controlling aircurrents, in combination with an exterior deflector plate hinged 1 to the outer corner of' one panel section and formed with an extensionadapted to be confined between the adjacent ends of the two panel sections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' 3. A panel ventilator for-windows consist- -in of two sections each provided withair in ets andinterior air current controllers said sections hinged togetherat their inner ad- 'acent corners, an exterior deflecting plate cjacent sections and formed with an extension adapted to be confined between the adjacent ends of the panel sections and means for locking the said sections in alined relation, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

i. In a window ventilator composed of two anel sections provided with air inlets and interior air current adjustable controllers and'an exterior deflector plate intermediate theair inlets; a lon itudinally adjustable secfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my the outer end of one of the main panel sections, substantially as and 

